The Anointing and the Church

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It is said thus: 'Having been emptied of myrrh, a name is given to you; for this reason you loved the maidens.' The Paraclete says that 'myrrh' is the name of Christ, because both hypostases share in the name and in themselves they fragrance the nature of God and the Father. He says 'maidens' refers to the churches in which he is glorified, concerning which David also said in Psalm 68:25: 'Princes went before, following with singing, in the midst of maidens with timbrels and dancing.' He expresses it this way because of the loud outcry of faith and because they resound throughout all the earth through the readings and the psalmody.

And to each of them in the Canticles, the beautiful Bridegroom himself speaks most gently: 'Behold, my beloved is beautiful, behold, he is beautiful.' And again, a wedding song as he sings: 'Come from the frankincense, O bride; come from the frankincense; let her come and go from the beginning of faith.' Because we also receive an anointing in the renewal, John writes in the first epistle: 'And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.' Just as, he says, the Savior is in the economy, so also 'you have an anointing from the Holy' Spirit.

And that this salvation-gift is provided to us by the blessed Trinity, they teach thus: Isaiah: 'And the Lord of Sabaoth will make for all the nations upon this mountain, they shall drink wine, they shall be anointed with myrrh upon this mountain. Deliver all these things to the nations.' For 'mountain' refers to the church of God because of the loftiness of faith, 'wine' to the lordly salvation-blood, and 'myrrh' to that by which, having been sanctified, we are anointed by the priest, as was foretold. John, in that same first epistle, concerning Christ: 'And you, the anointing which you received from him, remains in you; and you have no need that anyone should teach you, but as that same anointing teaches you concerning all things.' And Paul, in the second epistle to the Corinthians: 'He is the one confirming us with you in Christ, and anointing us, and sealing us, and giving the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.'

7. On the divine energies and provisions of the Holy Spirit. Truly, most zealously, the divine and most sublime nature of the Holy Spirit which is above life and above mind; the words having demonstrated its nature and its...

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οἰκουμένη. Βαροὺχ ἀποκλαιόμενος τὸν λαὸν ὄντα ἐν γῇ Χαλδαίων τῶν πνεῦμα ἅγιον μὴ ἐχόντων βοᾷ. «τί σοί ἐστιν, Ἰσραήλ, ὅτι ἐν γῇ τῶν ἐχθρῶν εἶ;: ἐπαλαιώθης ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ, συνεμιάνθης τοῖς νεκροῖς, προσελογίσθης μετὰ τῶν εἰς Ἅιδου. ἐγκατέλιπες πηγὴν τῆς σοφίας· τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ θεοῦ εἰ ἐπορεύθης, κατῴκεις ἂν ἐν εἰρήνῃ τὸν αἰῶνα χρόνον·» «πηγὴν» τὸν θεόν, «σοφίαν» τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα λέγων. Ἰωάννης ἀπὸ τοῦ υἱοῦ πρὸς τὴν Σαμαρίτιδα. «εἰ ᾔδεις τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ λέγων σοι· δός μοι πιεῖν, σὺ ἂν ᾔτησας αὐτόν, καὶ ἔδωκεν ἄν σοι ὕδωρ ζῶν·» τῆς κολυμβήθρας τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος τὰ ἀθάνατα νάματα λέγων. ὅτι γὰρ πάντα ταῦτα περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ θεοῦ εἴρηται, ὃ μνημονευθεὶς εὐαγγελιστὴς ἡρμήνευσεν ἐπὶ λέξεως· τοῦ γὰρ σωτῆρος εἰπόντος· «εἴ τις διψᾷ, ἐρχέσθω πρὸς μὲ καὶ πινέτω. ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ καθὼς εἶπεν ἡ γραφή, ποταμοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος,» εὐθὺς ἐπήγαγεν· «τοῦτο δὲ εἶπεν περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος, οὗ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύσαντες εἰς αὐτόν.» 6.23ν ὅτι τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι ἐχρίσθη ὁ σωτήρ· οὐκ ἂν δὲ εἰ κτίσμα ἦν, τῷ ἰδίῳ ἐχρίσατο ποιήματι ὁ ἄκτιστος; καὶ ὅτι καὶ ἡμεῖς χρῖσμα ἔχομεν αὐτοῦ. ἡ κτίσις ἐλαίῳ κτιστῷ ἁγιαζομένῳ βαπτίσματι χρίεται. ὁ σωτήρ, ὡς θεὸς, τῷ συνακτίστῳ αὐτοῦ ἐχρίσατο παναγίῳ πνεύματι παρὰ τοὺς μετόχους ἡμᾶς. εἰ γὰρ κτίσμα ἦν, οὐκ ἂν τῷ ἰδίῳ ἐχρίσατο ποιήματι ὁ ἄκτιστος; μάρτυρες δὲ οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι· Ἠσαῖας ἀπὸ τοῦ σωτῆρος λέγων· «πνεῦμα κυρίου 67 ἐπ' ἐμέ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέ με·» ∆αυὶδ δέ· «διὰ τοῦτο ἔχρισέν σε ὁ θεός, ὁ θεός σου ἔλαιον ἀγαλλιάσεως παρὰ τοὺς μετόχους σου.» διὰ τοῦτο ποῖον; ἐπειδὴ θεὸς ἀχειροποίητος ὢν ὑπὸ θεοῦ ἀκτίστου ἀνάρχου ἐχρίσθη. εἶπεν δὲ τὸ «ὁ θεός σου» διὰ τὴν ἐκ παρθένου γέννησιν αὐτοῦ. Πέτρος ἐν ταῖς πράξεσιν· «ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε τὸ γενόμενον ῥῆμα καθ' ὅλης τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας, ἀρξάμενον ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμα, ὃ ἐκή ρυξεν Ἰωάννης· Ἰησοῦν τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέθ, ὡς ἔχρισεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεὸς πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ δυνάμει·» αἱ Πράξεις· «συνήχθησαν ἐπ' ἀληθείας ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ, ἐπὶ τὸν ἅγιον παῖδα σου Ἰησοῦν, ὃν ἔχρισας.» καὶ τὰ Ἄισματα δὲ περὶ τούτου ὑφηγεῖται οὑτωσί· «μύρον ἐκκενωθὲν ὄνομά σοι· διὰ τοῦτο νεάνιδες ἠγάπησάν σε.» «μύρου» ὄνομα εἶναι τῷ Χριστῷ λέγει τὸ τοῦ παρακλήτου· ἐπειδὴ ἄμφω αἱ ὑποστάσεις τοῦ τε ὀνόματος κοινωνοῦσιν καὶ ἐν ἑαυταῖς τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς εὐωδιάζουσιν φύσιν. «νεανίδας» δὲ τὰς ἐκκλησίας λέγει, ἐν αἷς δοξάζεται, περὶ ὧν καὶ ∆αυὶδ ἐν ξζʹ εἶπεν ψαλμῷ· «προέφθασαν ἄρχοντες, ἐχόμενοι ψαλλόντων, ἐν μέσῳ νεανίδων τυμπα νιστριῶν·» οὕτω φράσας διὰ τὸ ἐκβόητον τῆς πίστεως καὶ διὰ τὸ ἠχεῖν αὐτὰς εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν τοῖς ἀναγνώσμασιν καὶ ταῖς ψαλμῳδίαις. πρὸς ἑκάστην δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς Ἄισμασι καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ ὡραῖος τῷ κάλλει νυμφίος σωφρόνως προσλαλεῖ· «ἰδοὺ εἶ καλὴ ἡ πλησίον μου, ἰδοὺ εἶ καλή.» καὶ πάλιν ἐπιθαλάμιον ὥσπερ ᾄδει· «δεῦρο ἀπὸ λιβάνου, νύμφη· δεῦρο ἀπὸ λιβάνου· ἐλεύσῃ καὶ διελεύσῃ ἀπὸ ἀρχῆς πίστεως.» ὅτι δὲ καὶ ἡμεῖς χρῖσμα δεχόμεθα ἐν τῷ ἀνακαινισμῷ, Ἰωάννης γράφει ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ ἐπιστολῇ· «καὶ ὑμεῖς χρῖσμα ἔχετε ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ οἴδατε πάντα.» ὥσπερ, φησίν, ἐν τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ ὁ σωτήρ, καὶ «ὑμεῖς χρῖσμα ἔχετε ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου» πνεύματος. καὶ τοῦτο δὲ τὸ σωτήριον δῶρον κοινῇ ὑπὸ τῆς μακαρίας τριάδος ἡμῖν παρεσχῆσθαι, διδάσκουσιν οὕτως· Ἠσαῖας· «καὶ ποιήσει κύριος Σαβαὼθ πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος τοῦτο, πίονται οἶνον, χρίσονται μύρον ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ. παράδος ταῦτα πάν τα τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.» «ὄρος» γὰρ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὸ ὑψηλὸν τῆς πίστεως, «οἶνον» τὸ δεσποτικὸν σωτήριον αἷμα, «μύρον», ὃ ἁγιασθέντες ἀλειφόμεθα ὑπὸ τοῦ ἱερέως προανεφώνησεν. Ἰωάννης ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ πρώτῃ ἐπιστολῇ περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ· «καὶ ὑμεῖς τὸ χρῖσμα, ὃ ἐλάβετε ἀπ' αὐτοῦ, μένει ἐν ὑμῖν· καὶ οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε, ἵνα τις διδάσκῃ ὑμᾶς, ἀλλ' ὡς τὸ αὐτοῦ χρῖσμα διδάσκει ὑμᾶς περὶ πάντων,» Παῦλος δὲ ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ πρὸς Κορινθίους· «ὁ δὲ βεβαιῶν ἡμᾶς σὺν ὑμῖν εἰς Χριστόν, καὶ χρίσας ἡμᾶς θεός, καὶ σφραγισάμενος ἡμᾶς, καὶ δοὺς τὸν ἀρραβῶνα τοῦ πνεύματος ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν.» 7.ν Περὶ τῶν θεϊκῶν ἐνεργειῶν καὶ παροχῶν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος Ἄγαν τοίνυν φιλοτίμως τὴν θεῖαν καὶ ἀκροτάτην τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος φύσιν τὴν οὖσαν ὑπὲρ ζωὴν καὶ ὑπὲρ νοῦν· τὰ λόγια ἐπιδείξαντα ἐφάμιλλον αὐτῆς καὶ τὴν

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Didymus the Blind defends the full divinity of Father, Son, and Spirit against those who rank them.

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